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Download# From Trey Graves ( trey@silly.tamu.edu ) {t:Front Porch Song} {st:Robert Earl Keen, Jr. and Lyle Lovett} #from Robert Earl Keen's album No Kinda Dancer [G] [Em] [C] [D] [G]This old porch is just a big ol' red and [Em]white Hereford bull Standin' [C]under a mesquite tree in [D]Agua Dulce Texas [G]He just keeps on playing hide and seek with that [Em]hot August sun He's [C]sweatin' and a pantin' cause his [D]work is never [G]done Oh [Em]no He's got them c[C]ows and that[D] red top cane This old porch is just a steaming greasy plate of enchiladas With lots of cheese and onions and a' guacomole salad You can get at the La Sal Hotel in old downtown With ice tea and a waitress who will smile everytime Yea she will I left a quarter tip on my ten dollar bill This old porch is a palace walk-in on the main stream Texas It ain't ever seen or heard the day of G & R and X's With the '62 poster that's almost faded down And a screen with out a picture since John came to town Oh no, I love them junior mints and them red hots, too Yes I do, oh yea, and old movie pictures This old porch is just a weathered gray hair seventy years of Texas He's doing all he can not to give in to the city And he always takes the rent late so long as I run his cattle He picks me up at dinner time I listen to him rattle He says the Brazos still runs muddy like she's run all along There ain't ever been no cane to grind the cotton's all but gone And you know this Chevrolet pickup she was something back in '60 Now there ain't nobody listen to him cause they all think he's crazy This old porch is just a long time waitin' and forgetin' And remembering the coming back not crying 'bout believin' And rememberin' and the falling down and the laughter and the curse of luck from all of those son's of bitches Who said we'd never get back up This old porch is just a big ol' red and white Hereford bull Standin' under a mesquite tree out in Agua Dulce He just keeps on playing hide and seek with that hot August sun He's sweatin' and a pantin' cause his work is never done Oh no I've known a whole lot of old bulls in my life and there work is never done